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Originally Posted by TheShakeDaddy
Also how and when do you decide to use pot odds and hand odds and how to compare them to make a correct call or correct fold?
A fairly common spot occurs when villain bets pot (especially common in PLO). A pot-sized bet lays odds of 2:1, and it means you need 33.33% equity to continue. If the pot-sized bet is on the river, you need to win the hand a third of the time to break even.
If villain bets half pot, then the pot lays odds of 3:1, meaning you only need to win 25% of the time.
Intuitively you know this without doing any maths. Versus big bets, you need to be right more often than against small bets.
A pot-sized bet lays 2:1 odds => 33.3% equity required.
A half-pot bet lays 3:1 odds => 25% equity needed.
A third of pot bet lays 4:1 odds => 20% equity reqd.